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You listen to this podcast or read this blog because you’re interested in speaking. You want to be booking more speaking gigs. You want to become a better speaker and improve the experience the audience has with you. Yet there might be this little niggling feeling that you’re not 100% committed to adding speaking…
Read MoreA terrible fight with your wife. Your kid just got suspended for the eighteenth time from school. And maybe your business… well, that’s not so hot either. Any one of those things is enough to throw us off our game. But what happens when you feel like the world is crashing down around you and…
Read MoreI was on Linkedin, updating my profile and wondering why the heck I was still using LinkedIn… And that’s when I noticed it. Do you see it? 5 YEARS AND 1 MONTH AT COMMUNICATION REBEL!!! What the what? It seems like just yesterday that I started this little blog because of the encouragement of a…
Read MoreYoda or Luke: The Key to Effective Storytelling that Gets You Booked to Speak
As a speaker, are you more like Yoda or Luke? Are you more Katniss or Haymitch? Are you more Dumbledore or Harry Potter? Why do I ask? We’ve all heard the advice “Share your soul-stirring story.” Many speaking experts tell you that the key to building a successful speaking business is your story. You’re…
Read MoreWhen I first start working with my peeps, the rebels that want to learn how to write a good speech, they often start from the same place. Their focus is internal or on “I”—What should I speak about? What should I share about MY experiences? I want you to throw this in the dumpster, along…
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